{"id":25526,"date":"2023-04-07T20:50:18","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T18:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countryfile.com\/?p=140767"},"modified":"2023-04-07T21:35:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T19:35:40","slug":"where-is-beyond-paradise-filmed","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/rss_feed\/where-is-beyond-paradise-filmed\/","title":{"rendered":"Where is Beyond Paradise filmed?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Featuring elaborate plots, entertaining characters and spectacular settings, BBC One detective series Beyond Paradise is proving a big hit with viewers. Where is it filmed and which are its best-known locations? <\/p>

By Maria Hodson\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 07 April 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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From Looe to the Tamar Valley, BBC One drama Beyond Paradise<\/em> is packed with honeypot destinations and dreamy locations. Although its setting of Shipton Abbot is fictional, filming took place in some very real locations in the West Country. Surprisingly, however, for a show that pitches itself as Devon-based, it\u2019s hard to spot any Devon locations. Did we miss something along the way?<\/p>\n

Beyond Paradise UK film locations<\/h2>\n

Looe, Cornwall<\/h2>\n

Much of the series is filmed in the coastal town of Looe, which plays the role of fictional (and purportedly Devonian) town of Shipton Abbot. This pretty Cornish fishing harbour sits between Plymouth, which lies 20 miles east, and Fowey, located 10 miles west. Looe Bridge joins East and West Looe and the village is blessed with a wide sandy beach, rich woodland and cobbled streets. Looe, aka Shipton Abbot, is where Detective Humphrey Goodman and his fiancee Martha Lloyd relocate to after their Caribbean adventure in Death In Paradise<\/em>. Humphrey is working with a local team of coppers, while Martha is setting up a cafe with a former flame.<\/p>\n

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Sally Bretton as Martha Lloyd on East Beach, Looe.\/Credit: Red Planet Pictures,Craig Hardie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Looe\u2019s wide, sandy beach appears in episode five, when Martha has an outdoor yoga class while grappling with relationship issues. As you do.<\/p>\n

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Kris Marshall as Humphrey Goodman at East Beach, Looe.\/Credit: Red Planet Pictures,Craig Hardie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Humphrey also takes to the beach to ponder the difficult questions in life, but he prefers to perch on a rock.<\/p>\n

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Phil Daniels as Marvellous Harris.\/Credit: Red Planet Pictures<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

The show features a raft of guest stars in each episode \u2013 Phil Daniels stars in episode two as a grizzled fisherman called Marvellous Harris, who sells Humphrey a dilapidated boat while they chat at Looe Harbour.<\/p>\n

Launceston, Cornwall<\/h2>\n
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Zahra Ahmadi and Kris Marshall film on Church Street in Launceston in Beyond Paradise<\/em>.\/Credit: Red Planet Pictures, Craig Hardie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

DI Humphrey Goodman and DS Esther Williams look for leads in the market town of Launceston, the ancient capital of Cornwall, which sits on the south side of a large hill and is overlooked by 11th-century Launceston Castle. So if you\u2019re not in town to solve crimes, you can enjoy a spot of sightseeing and shopping.<\/p>\n

Port Eliot House and Gardens, Saltash, Cornwall<\/h2>\n
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Annette Badland as artist Isla Jay in episode three.\/Credit: Red Planet,Craig Hardie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

In episode three, Humphrey investigates the disappearance of a rare painting, and several of the scenes feature Port Eliot House and Gardens<\/a>, which plays Shipton Manor. A large country estate in St Germans, Saltash with 100-acre Repton-landscaped gardens, Port Eliot is located on the north of a steep hill and offers views over the estuary and striking St Germans viaduct. The gardens boast a vast rhododendron garden, maze, bowling green, orangery and arboretum. There is plenty to enjoy without the need to pinch any historic artworks, but our fictional thief couldn\u2019t resist. Determined to retrieve said artwork, Humphrey interviews the owner of Shipton Manor, Louise Fitzalan (Pooky Quesnell) on the estate.<\/p>\n

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Kris Goodman with Pooky Quesnel in the grounds of Port Eliot.\/Credit:Red Planet,Craig Hardie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

The earliest written reference to Port Eliot is in a 9th-century Cornish liturgical fragment kept at the Bodleian Library in Oxford. It refers to Ecclesia Lnanledensia<\/em>, which is considered the pre-Christian name of this place. Once home to Augustinian monks, the house has been inhabited for 1,000 years and contains many artworks and treasures. The house and gardens are open to visitors.<\/p>\n

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Archie Hughes (Jamie Bamber), Martha Lloyd (Sally Bretton) and Anne Lloyd (Barbara Flynn) at the stableyard on the Port Eliot Estate.\/Credit: Red Planet Pictures,Craig Hardie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

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